‘Don’t let the negative thoughts bring you down’ was a drawing prompt I saw on instagram, which I paired with a concept I’d had floating around for quite a long time.

I’d always felt when negative thoughts crept in, my body felt heavy with them. I had begun to visualise those thoughts as small, shadowy figures working together, using ropes to try and pull me down from my head.

The hand-lettered text adds a more positive spin, in that just because they’re trying doesn’t mean they have to succeed. The idea of the piece is to show that battle, with the words as a reminder not to let them win.